Boll-weevil catches



Aug. 28, 1923. I 1,466,166

' L. L. ALLEN BOLL WEEVIL CATCHER- Filed Sept. 4, 1920 bollweevils maybe brushedoff the standing- Patented Aug. 28, 1923.

teeioe "LEMUEL'L, ALLEN, or LULING, Texas. Y

App1ication filed September To all whom it may concern I Be it knownthat I, Lamont 'L. ALLEN,

a'citizen of the United States, residing at Luling, in the county ofCaldwell and State OfTQXZlS, have invented a new and useful BolleevilCatcher, of which the following a specification;

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a bollweevil catcher,

and the invention aims to provide a novel .5

arrangement of spring fingers, whereby the plants into receptacles. V

The invention aims to provide novel means for suspending the"receptacles, and, generally, to improve and to enhance the utility ofdevices of that type to which'the invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view,

which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides inthe combination and arrangement of parts and in the details ofconstruction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understoodthat, with in the scope of what is claimed, changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from thespirit of the .invention.

In the drawings:-

Figure 1 shows in top plan, a device constructed in accordance with theinvention; Figure 2 is a cross section on the line 22 of Figure 1; and-Figure 3 is a section taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

In carrying out the invention, a pair of receptacles 1 is provided, thereceptacles 1 being open at the top, the inner walls of the receptaclesbeing spaced apart, as shown at 2 so that the standing plants may passbetween the receptacles. The forward ends of the inner walls of thereceptacles 1 diverge to form an entering'throat 3,, whereby the plantsare directed into the space 2 between the inner walls of thereceptacles 1. Up-

" right supports are provided, the same having feet 5 which extendbeneath the receptacles 1. The supports 4 bear against the outer wallsof the receptacles 1 and converge as they extend upwardly. Securingelements 6 unite the supports 4 with the outer walls of thereceptacles 1. Wings 7,

preferably in the form of plates, overhang the receptacles 1. The loweredges of the wings 7 are bound, as shown at between the supports 41 andthe outer walls of the re- 'BotL-wnEvrL CATGHER.

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ceptacles 1. Securing devices 8 attach the wings 7 to the supports 41.

Pairs of spacers 9 are provided, the inner ends of the spacers 9 beingoverlapped as shown at 10, and being connectedby secur- OF EE ingmembers 11, there being a plurality of openings 12 in the spacers "9,the openings being adapted to receive the securing ele jments 11, topermit an adjustment in the effective length of the spacers 9, to adaptthe device to machines of different kinds, and to vary the width of thespace 2: be-

tween, the inner walls'of the receptacles 1.

T he outer ends, of the spacers 9-extenddown' 'wardly, as shown at 14,and are united, by

theluppermost securingdevices' 8, with the supports land with the Jwings7. Hangers 15 are overlapped up'on'the upper ends of thesupports' 4, theupper ends of the hangers being uni-ted by a bolt 16 or the like. Thelower ends of the hangers 15 are connected by a bolt 17 with the upperends of the supports 4:, a spacing sleeve 18 being carried by each bolt17, and being located between the lower ends of the hangers 15.

The invention includes a carrier 19, which may be a bar of wood or othermaterial, the

carrier 19 being disposed against the inner surface of'one wing 7relatively near to the forward end thereof. In the carrier 19 aremounted spring fingers 20 having angular ends 21 which bear against thewing 7. A

cleat 22 is mounted on. the'outer surface of the wing 7, the cleat 22being connected with the carrier 19'by means of securingelements 23. Thespring fingers 20 preferably are disposed in two rows, as shown inFigure 3,

what shorter than the fingers of the rear tour, so that the plants maybe thoroughly agitated to free .them from the boll weevils. As indicatedat 24:, the construction above described, relatingto the spring fingers,is duplicated, at the opposite side of the machine, the spring fingersbeing carried by the fingers of the forward row being somethe other wing7 and being located relatively fingers 20 find their way among theplants 1 and brush the boll weevils therefrom, the

m achine above .the'other receptacle. "a consequencaa Swinging movementis im 15" weevils falling into the receptacles 1. device forminiggthesubjectmatter of this application is simple in construction, but will befound thoroughly eflicient for thepur poses hereinbefore set forth.

Referring to Figure 1 of the drawings,.it

will be noted that one set of spring fingers 2O is'looated relativelynear to the forward end of the machine, above one receptacle, an-

other ,set of ,springrfingers being ,located relatively hearts the rearend of the to the plants, trans rs'uy'ef the line adva1 c "of themachine, the plants com- 7 ng', first, into ,oontaot w th theforward'set and, tinally,i into contact.with the rear set ,of fingerslOwing to the fact that a transverse swinging movement thus ,is' impartedto' the plants, the weevils will "be'shalren fromthe' plants andwilldrop into the r'ece ptacles '11 f Each rec'eptafcle 1 has aninwardly pro ,j cting fla ge ,127. the front of t'hedejvicefthef 12? isslit a s indicated at .1 28, to fornnwtongues, the tongues beingetelappede art th ndi a e t 12 in Figure 2. The construction abovealluded to 1s a neremechanical exped ent ntroduced on account of thefact that, at the front oif the vehicle, the inner walls ofthereceptacles' 1 diverge to forinthe entering'throat 3. 7

Having tlius describecl the invention, What claimed is K Ina device ofthe class described, spaced receptacles wings disposed above the receptac'les, and liorii'o'iitally spaced sets: of spring fingersprojecting inwardly from the wings and overhanging-the receptacles, eachset or springffingers' comprising horizontally spaced lines of fingers,the fingers in one line being longer than the fingers of the other l ne,the longer fingers of each line being disposed to the rear'of theshorter fingers in theiother line of each set, thereby toincr ease theefliciency of the fingerswhen the san e come into'contact withstandingplants; Y v

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the preseneefoi twowitne'sses.

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